South Korean man breaks into Yasukuni Shrine and says he plans to set fire, arrested by police
Beijing, September 26, according to Japan's Kyodo News agency reported, according to investigators revealed on the 26th, because of trespassing Yasukuni Shrine and was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Korean men confessed that "to the shrine is to set fire".
According to the police Department of Public Security, the man named Jiang Yongmin, now 23 years old, was arrested carrying a plastic bottle with suspected toluene liquid. Police will investigate the source of the liquid and launch an investigation on suspicion of preparation for arson, it said.
Kang Yong-min was restrained by security guards as he tried to throw a plastic bottle into the shrine's worship hall on Tuesday night. The liquid suspected of toluene may have been purchased by Kang Yong-min after he arrived in Japan from South Korea on Tuesday. He was also carrying a lighter but no political items such as a statement.